Terms of Use

The present Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you (hereafter interchangeably referred to as “You” or “Your”) and United Nations Children’s Fund Country Office in Armenia (hereafter referred to as “UNICEF) and Armenian General Benevolent Union Fund (hereafter referred to as “AGBU”) (UNICEF and AGBU hereafter together interchangeably referred to as “We”, “Us” or “Our”) regarding Your use of the UNICEF website www.together4armenia.am, including any information, text, video, audio, pictures messaging and/or any other functionality and/or content contained therein, including, without limitation, when placed on the Platform by You (together, the “Content”), as well as any underlying databases, software and/or technology made available for use via the www.together4armenia.am website (hereafter altogether referred to as the “Platform”). Our Privacy Policy, contained in a separate document, form an unalienable part of these Terms of Use. By accessing to or using the Platform You explicitly and irrevocably agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. UNICEF and AGBU jointly and severably reserve the right to seek all remedies available by law for any violation of these Terms of Use, including, on part of UNICEF, any violation of UNICEF's rights in the UNICEF and Platform name and emblem and its rights in connection with the Content of the Platform.Please read these Terms of Use (including the Privacy Policy) carefully. Please do not access or start using the Platform if You have not done so, or if You do not agree to any of these Terms of Use.

The UNICEF name and emblem are the exclusive property of UNICEF. They are protected under international and Armenian law. Unauthorized use is prohibited. They may not be copied or reproduced or otherwise used in any way without the prior written permission of UNICEF. Similarly, the AGBU name and emblem are the exclusive property of AGBU, are protected under international and Armenian law, and may not be copied or reproduced or otherwise used in any way without the prior written permission of AGBU.The name and emblem of the Platform are the exclusive property of UNICEF. Unauthorized use of the Platform name and/or emblem is prohibited. Requests for permission of use should be sent to Us through [email protected]All right, title and interest in and to the Platform and all uses thereof, applications and other materials contained therein, including without limitation all copyright, trademark, patent and other intellectual property rights therein, shall be and remain solely with UNICEF or its respective licensors, and may not be used without UNICEF’s express written permission.You do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Platform.You agree not to copy, redistribute, publish or otherwise exploit material from the Platform, except as expressly permitted herein.All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions (“Ideas”) disclosed, submitted, or offered to Us in connection with the use of the Platform shall be the exclusive property of UNICEF. We may use, sell, exploit and disclose the Ideas in any manner, without restriction and without compensation to You.

The Platform was developed by UNICEF within the “Mitigating social consequences of migration and maximizing migrants’ involvement in local development” project, funded by the European Union (hereafter referred to as the “EU”). Since April 2017, the Platform is jointly managed by UNICEF and the AGBU in the framework of the EU-funded “Bridge for Armenian CSOs” project. Together4Armenia is a social and professional platform aimed at connecting individuals of Armenian origin all over the world (hereafter referred to as the “Experts”) with local communities and civil society organizations or other non-commercial organizations, agencies, institutions, groups or individuals in Armenia or elsewhere (hereafter referred to as the “Project Initiators”) for matching (as defined and described below), as well as in order to work together on projects of mutual interest, communicate with each other via messaging options available through the Platform, cooperate and transfer knowledge, skills and experience for making Armenia a better place to live in. Within the scope of the matching function supported by the Platform, skills/competences required by a given Project and skills/competences possessed by a given Expert will be automatically compared against one another, and when there is a match (full or partial), both will be notified of the match.

The Content of the Platform is selected on the basis of UNICEF’s own criteria and in its own sole discretion, alone or in coordination with AGBU. The Platform is evolving, and UNICEF reserves the right to update, modify or change the content of the Platform with or without prior notice for any reason, in its sole discretion, including but not limited to these Terms of Use. UNICEF may also, but not necessarily, give You an additional notice thereof, such as an e-mail message or messaging on the Platform. If You continue to use the Platform (irrespective of UNICEF giving You a designated notice as mentioned above) following the posting of updates, changes or modifications, You thereby explicitly and irrevocably agree to and accept updates, changes or modifications. Except as otherwise stated, all amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately when initially posted. No amendment to the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy shall apply to any dispute of which We had actual notice before the date of the amendment. If You at any point do not agree to any portion of then-current Terms of Use, You must immediately stop using the Platform. You may need to update third party software from time to time in order to be able to access to and/or use the Platform.

In order to register as an Expert or a Project Initiator on the Platform, You will need to create a profile. Please note that We reserve the right to refuse Your registration if We believe Your profile does not fit the purposes of the Platform. We, in our sole discretion, believe any of the information You provide is inaccurate, or that your registration or use of the Platform could be contrary to or violate Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy. We also reserve the right to refuse the creation of a Project page for the same reasons.

In order to register as an Expert on the Platform, You may need to provide Us or else have an option to provide Us with certain personal information, which may include, without limitation, Your name, surname, gender, country of residence, digital photograph, birth date, e-mail address, contact numbers, biography, detailed data on Your professional experience, skills and competences, social media links.In order to register as a Project initiator on the Platform, You may need to provide Us or else have an option to provide Us with certain information about Yourself or Your organization, your projects, including, potentially personal information about yourself (if you are an individual) or else employees, volunteers or partners of Your organization, which may include, without limitation, names, surnames, gender, country of residence, digital photographs, e-mail addresses, contact numbers, biography, detailed data on experience, skills and competences, social media links.In order to register or create a Project page, You may need to provide Us or else have an option to provide Us with certain information about the Project, including, potentially personal information about employees, volunteers or partners involved with the project, which may include, without limitation, names, digital photographs, e-mail addresses, contact numbers, biography, detailed data on experience, skills and competences.You have the option, through the messaging function of the Platform, to provide any such personal information as You may lawfully transfer and otherwise process.All the above-mentioned information (all together “Personal Information”) may be used by Us in accordance with these Terms of Use (including, particularly, the Privacy Policy). The whole responsibility to ensure that the Personal Information is true, accurate, current and complete lies with You.

Subject to Your acceptance of these Terms of Use, You are granted a non-exclusive, revocable, limited, non-transferable and non-sub-licensable right to access and use the Platform solely for the purposes described herein (“License”). You undertake not to use the Platform for any other purpose.You acknowledge and agree that Your License does not include: (a) alteration, modification, revision, other transformation, creation of derivative works from or otherwise making any derivative uses of the Platform or any information or content therein; (b) decompilation, reverse engineering or otherwise attempting to derive the source code for the Platform (except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit restriction of such activities); or (c) any use of the Platform other than for its intended purpose as expressly stated in these Terms of Use.Unless explicitly stated herein, nothing in these Terms of Use shall be construed as conferring any license to intellectual property, proprietary or other rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise.Any use of the Platform other than as specifically authorized herein, without Our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited and will terminate the License granted herein, and may subject You to liability for violations of law.For the purposes of determining Your compliance with the License and enforcing these Terms of Use, We may: (a) review and edit Your profile and any content posted to the Platform and translate them (provided you will have the option to approve all changes before the reviewed profile/content is posted); (b) monitor all communications conducted through and content posted on the Platform; (c) suspend and/or delete Your account for any violation of these Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policy; (d) inactivate Your unused account by giving You a prior e-mail warning and delete such account unless You have activated it within the period mentioned in the said e-mail; (e) advertise successful projects/cooperation, including Project, organization and Expert details; (f) acquire a limited intellectual property license for the foregoing purposes.

You have the right to suspend or terminate Your access to or Your use of the Platform or any part thereof at any time. If You do not agree to these Terms of Use, Your sole and exclusive remedy is not to use the Platform. You understand and agree that stopping your use of the Platform is Your sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any dispute with Us.We reserve the right to stop offering and/or supporting the Platform or any part thereof at any time either permanently or temporarily. In such event Your License to use the Platform or a part thereof will be automatically terminated or suspended.We may also terminate Your access to the Platform with or without notice to You, if We (in our sole discretion) deem that You have violated these Terms of Use or have otherwise caused or may cause damage to Us or any third party.

Your use of and access to the Platform is subject to all applicable national and international laws and regulations, and You agree not to violate such laws and regulations in Your use of and access to the Platform. In addition, You agree that: (a) You will not interfere with another user’s use and enjoyment of the Platform; (b) You will not interfere with or disrupt UNICEF’s or the Platform security measures; (c) You will not interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Platform and will comply with all regulations, policies and procedures of such networks; (d) You will comply with applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported and imported to and from different jurisdictions in accordance with these Terms of Use with respect to or relating to any of Your dealings with the Platform; (e) You will not use the Platform to engage in any illegal conduct; (f) When accessing to or using the Platform You shall at all times comply with these Terms of Use. As a condition of use of the Platform, You promise that: (a) You will not use the Platform in the event You have not reached the age permissible for use of the Platform in Your jurisdiction; (b) You will not use the Platform for any purpose that is in violation with public or moral rights, including, without limitation, (i) deceiving, misleading, abusing, harassing, intimidating any other user; (ii) attempting to restrict other users from using the Platform; (iii) transmitting or causing to be transmitted any content that is deceitful, misleading, defamatory, libelous, hateful, profane; (iv) transmitting or causing to be transmitted any communication intended to obtain password, account, personal information of other users; (v) uploading or attaching files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programmes that may damage the operation of another user’s computer; (vi) deleting any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded; (vii) falsifying the origin of source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; (viii) downloading any file posted by another user that the user knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; (c) You will not violate any intellectual property rights of third parties.UNICEF reserves the absolute right to delete any material posted to the Platform without notice to the user. At the same time, We accept no responsibility or liability in respect of any of Your conduct in connection with your use of the Platform and/or any material submitted by You on the Platform including, for example, responsibility or liability for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made in such material.You also agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless UNICEF and AGBU, as well as their founders, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees and independent contractors from any loss, liability, damages and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) resulting from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out of or in connection with Your use of the Platform, Your violation of these Terms of Use, or Your violation of the rights of any third party.The Platform is not intended and should not be used as a platform for any sort of employment, contracting or volunteering engagements between the Experts and Project Initiators beyond the scope of the Platform and these Terms of Use. In the event You wish to engage into such relationships, it is solely Your responsibility to negotiate and execute corresponding employment, service, works, volunteering or similar agreements outside of the scope of the Platform.

The Platform may include third party promotions from UNICEF, AGBU or other third parties. You acknowledge further that the Platform may include links to other websites or resources which may request you to provide personal identifiable information, billing information or other information, and/or to assume certain obligations. Any charges or obligations You may incur in Your dealings with these third parties are Your responsibility.UNICEF and AGBU have no control over (and are merely a passive conduit with respect to) any such third party promotions or links to websites or other resources (“Linked Sites”) that may exist in or on the Platform. You acknowledge and agree that UNICEF shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on or through any Linked Sites. All correspondence or business dealings or other interactions with the third party found on or through any promotion or links to Linked Sites, including payment and delivery of related goods or services and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between You and such third party.

Messaging on the Platform is implemented via a third party platform provided by Quickblox (https://quickblox.com/). To the extent You use the messaging via the Platform, such use will be governed by these Terms. However, please note that our ability to make the messaging option depends on the services provided by Quickblox, and we recommend that you consult the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of Quickblox for details on the messaging service.

There may be occasions where the Platform may be interrupted, or any other technical difficulties may occur in connection with Your access to and use of the Platform. You acknowledge that in such cases We shall bear no liability for any suspension, discontinuation or interruption of the Platform.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE PLATFORM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WE DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM OR THE CONTENT OF THE PLATFORM. UNICEF, AGBU, MEMBERS OF THEIR STAFF, AND THEIR CONTRACTORS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FINANCIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT OF OUR PLATFORM, INCLUDING THE INAPPROPRIATE, IMPROPER OR FRAUDULENT USE OF SUCH CONTENT. NO REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE PLATFORM ARE GIVEN, INCLUDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INFECTION BY VIRUS OR ANY OTHER CONTAMINATION OR BY ANYTHING WHICH HAS DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES, AND FURTHERMORE, ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY REGARDING THE PLATFORM OR THE USE THEREOF ARE WAIVED BY YOU TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, UNICEF DOES NOT MAKE, AND HAS NOT MADE, ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE PLATFORM IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER FUNCTIONS, FEATURES OR SERVICES ON YOUR DEVICE WITH WHICH YOU ARE ACCESSING THE PLATFORM.YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT UNICEF MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AND GIVES NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY OR TRUTHFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON THE PLATFORM BY EXPERTS OR PROJECT INITIATORS, AND CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE IN CONNECTION THERETО.PROJECT INITIATORS HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT ANY ADVICE PROVIDED TO THEM BY EXPERTS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PROFESSIONAL ADVICE, AND IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND PROJECT INITIATORS RELY ON SUCH ADVICE ON THEIR OWN RISK. ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTEES OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE EXPERT OR THE PROJECT INITIATORS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS THAT MAY BE AGREED BETWEEN YOU, ARE NOT ANYHOW COVERED BY THESE TERMS OF USE, AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE SUCH ARRANGEMENT, IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EXECUTE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT THAT YOU MAY FIND APPROPRIATE TO GIVE EFFECT TO SUCH ARRANGEMENTS.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT UNICEF AND ITS OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS ITS EXPERTS ENJOY IMMUNITIES UNDER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, INCLUDING THE 1946 CONVENTION ON THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, FULL IMMUNITY OF THE UNICEF, ITS PROPERTY AND ASSETS FROM EVERY FORM OF LEGAL PROCESS, IMMUNITY OF UNICEF OFFICIALS FROM LEGAL PROCESS IN RESPECT OF WORDS SPOKEN OR WRITTEN AND ALL ACTS PERFORMED BY THEM IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AS WELL AS IMMUNITY OF EXPERTS (OTHER THAN OFFICIALS) PERFORMING MISSIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS IN RESPECT OF WORDS SPOKEN OR WRITTEN AND ACTS DONE BY THEM IN THE COURSE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR MISSION. TO THE EXTENT NOT COVERED BY IMMUNITIES REFERRED TO ABOVE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CONTAINED HEREIN APPLIES TO ANY AND ALL APPLICATIONS OR INJURIES WHATSOEVER CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE PLATFORM UNDER ANY CAUSE OR ACTION WHATSOEVER OF ANY JURISDICTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ACTIONS FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE). NEITHER UNICEF NOR AGBU, INCLUDING THEIRSUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, NOR THE EXPERTS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, ACTUAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST INCOME, REVENUE OR PROFITS, LOST OR DAMAGED DATA AS A RESULT OF COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION THROUGH OUR PLATFORM, EVEN IF ANY OF THOSE PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR SUCH DAMAGES ARE FORESEEABLE.SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, THE LIABILITY OF UNICEF SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

The formation, construction and interpretation of these Terms of Use, and Your use of the Platform, shall be governed by the law of the Republic of Armenia, giving no effect to choice of law provisions.You acknowledge that, in view of the immunities referred to in the “Immunities and Limitation of Liability” section above, You are not entitled to bring any claims or execution proceedings against UNICEF, its officials and experts. Nothing herein shall be interpreted as a waiver of such immunities. Any dispute not covered by the immunities referred to in the “Immunities and Limitation of Liability” section, and relating to these Terms of Use shall be subject to the review and final settlement by the Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Republic of Armenia under the rules of the latter. The number of arbitrators shall be three. The language of arbitral proceedings shall be English. The seat of arbitration shall be Yerevan, Armenia. Decisions of the Arbitration Court are final and binding upon You.If You violate these Terms of Use or if You engage in any conduct that We, in Our sole discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable law or is otherwise harmful to the interests of UNICEF, AGBU or any third party, We (including UNICEF or AGBU acting jointly or severably) may issue You a warning about the violation, or We may choose to immediately suspend or terminate Your access to or Your use of the Platform or any part thereof. You acknowledge that UNICEF or AGBU are not required to provide You notice before terminating or suspending Your access to or use of the Platform or any portion thereof, but it may choose to do so. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. These Terms of Use constitute Your entire agreement with UNICEF and AGBU with respect to their subject matter, and supersede any other previous written terms and any oral or promotional statements regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of enforcement of any provision of these Terms of Use or any breach thereof, in any one instance, shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. If any dispute arises under these Terms of Use, the prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other party for any and all legal fees and costs associated therewith.

If You have any questions about these Terms of Use, please feel free to contact Us online as specified within the Platform or by e-mail at [email protected](updated XXXX/XXXX/2018)

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